“Candide, or Optimism”

“while Candide, the baron, Pangloss, Martin, and Cacambo were telling one another their stories, while they were disputing over the contingent or non-contingent events of this universe, while they were arguing over effects and cause, over moral evil, over the consolations available to one in Turkish galley.” This exposes that they faced cruel realistic world after they left the castle. Candide was whip many times, and was forced to left Cunegonde, but he always had someone to help him to spend his worse time. Pangloss was Master, but he was hanged and burned. Fortunately, he saved by surgeon, then become a slave. The baron was being a wealth people, but he was force to work in galley after he swim with a Christian to be found naked with a young Moslem. Sum up, they were almost face death, but they learned how to survive in the different environments. There is a sentence, ” God closes the door, but he still leave the window for you.”

The characters realized the basic truth in life after they met the old good man. When they asked the old good man who had been strangled. The good man told them that he had never care and ignored it. He just did not listen to the news from others and satisfied with sending the fruits of his garden to be sold there. At the end, Pangloss said that  “when man was put into the garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, so that he should work it, this proves that man was not born to take his ease.” This told us that they need to satisfied our current  circumstance and don’t be lazy. It would have easy life.

One thought on ““Candide, or Optimism”

  1. Like the blogger mention that people should be satisfied with their circumstances and work hard. In additional, the blogger shows that even though Candide suffer miserable time, he still get lots of help from other people. The author use satire to show opposing of extremely optimism. In another way, I thank that author just want to mention that people should not be over optimism, but be optimism with difficulties. We should believe that “When God closes a door, he always opens a window” We should face our bumps with optimistic attitude and learn to overcome it.

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